Understanding Human Psychology

Google Photos has a wonderful way of reminding us of our memories. I came across a few pictures of my travel 2 years ago on 20 th June 2018. I travelled from Pune to Bangalore, and then from the Bangalore airport to Mysore by bus. I had some vivid experiences which changed my way of thinking towards strangers and the way I must approach them. This is completely my personal experience and that too of a particular incident, given the circumstances I was in. I do not recommend anyone to have blind trust to any stranger. However, I relate to what I felt at that time, 2 years ago, even now. ( I explored a few places on the same trip. I have shared the photos here.) In the Skies On my flight, I met an elderly couple sitting beside me in the row of 3. I have hardly travelled alone, anywhere, so far from home, so I was at my vigilant best. When I enjoyed the flight take off, the blissful early evening sky radiated shades of orange, yellow and red.  Once up in the clouds, the announcemen...

Caterpillar to Butterfly We have all come across this amazing phenomenon of change when a caterpillar turns itself into a butterfly .   But few of us know the process the caterpillar undergoes to transform into a beautiful creature. It is a long process where the larva feast over leaves till it is stuffed, while it sheds its skin over a series of days. Once it turns plumper and longer, it hangs upside down from a twig or leaf and spins itself into a cocoon. Within the cocoon, numerous changes are going on, like releasing of enzymes, dissolving of tissues, and developing new cells in the cocoon, until it breaks it open and emerges out as a butterfly.  Life of an Eagle For years a story of the life of an eagle has been going around on the internet . Although it is more fiction, that fact, it is an inspiring one. The eagle has a lifespan of about 30 years. It is one of the finest hunter birds in its species. But after about half of its life, the eagle has to make certain har...

  Standing in our balcony, sipping our evening tea, my husband and I were discussing ‘how COVID 19 has changed the way people view the world around them. How COVID has affected our psychology, our way of living, to an extent that we are scared of moving out of the house, and feel that we need to take extra care of our children and elders.’ Only when we were absorbed in our thoughts, we spotted 2 stray dogs wandering about. My husband quickly asked me to get a piece of bread or some chapatis to give them. I rushed and hurriedly got the feed before they run away from the spot. Happily, we hurled pieces of the chapatis towards the dogs. To our surprise, they moved back, looked at us with fear, and ran away, as if to save their life from us. On this initial reaction, we felt that there could be people who hurt them in the past, by throwing things at them, and therefore they ran away. But we waited patiently for a long, long while. I even returned to my balcony after a few hours to ch...

Let's Think of Values Values are principles or beliefs, held by each of us. These are instilled in us, to the core, generally in early life, mostly the influence of family, social circle, and school. Although, the overall impact of the culture and society we live in dominates how we think and freeze our views, and make us take a stand on various topics; values guide our behavior, motives, ultimately influence our goal. If your goals are aligned to your values, you stand a better chance to achieve them. First, understand your values and beliefs. What is it that you care for intensely and intently. Many things in your life will be dependent on your values, how you make a living, live your life. If goals are not aligned to your values then they will ultimately fizzle out after the initial rush. As your values do not sync, you will start losing interest in that goal. Trust yourself and your intuitions. Simplify the solutions that you set for yourself. The more complicated th...

In my previous post ‘ Work Hard Today For A Better Tomorrow ‘, I had spoken about setting SMART goals and visualizing your future. Here is an elaborate discussion on the importance of goal setting. It’s always good to have a plan, rather than have no plan at all. As humans, we are having the power of thoughts and the ability to control them. Goals too, start with a single thought to begin with, and the actions we put in, are ways to manifest them to reality. It is important to live your goal and breath it every single moment. Having goal clarity rapidly changes the way you think and desire them. But, the question is, aren’t we naturally programmed to set goals and work on them? Day-in-and-day-out we are doing that. We have reasons behind the actions we do, we want a good job, a decent income, a happy family, a successful life and so much more. These are some of the reasons common to most of us, the reasons why we kickstart our day, slog it out, and make a living. So w...